Adjustable garment.



L. ROBINSON.

- ADJUSTABLE GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1910.

1,043,972. Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

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x LOUIS ROBINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS ROBINSON AND DAVID H. GREENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., COPARTNERS.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed May 5, 1910.

Patented N (W. 12, 1912. Serial No. 559,580.

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, LOUIS ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

State. of New York,ha've invented certain ing a finished garment to" the person of the wearerto provide for variations of'size and particularly to such means when applied tothe style ofgarment known as knickerbockers, as used by lads.

The object of my invent-ion is to provide a garment adapted-to be worn by any one of a number of persons of considerable difference in size.

The characteristics of the garment, by reason of which I am enabled to make these adaptations, constitute my invention as will now be set forth.

Referring to the drawings, Figurexl represents a side-view of a preferred form of my invention as embodied in a pair of lads knickerbockers; Fig. 2 represents a similar view, somewhat enlarged, of the lower part of the leg, as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3

represents a diagrammatic view taken from below of Fig. 2.

In cutting knickerbockers of the general type shown, the garment is out in two pieces or halves, the one piece comprising the front half 1 of the garment and the other piece the rear half 2. In making the knickerbockers shown inthe figure, the two halves are out at their two sides according to the dotted lines shown in Fig. 1 and thensewed together, each leg being left split on the outside up to the point 2. It will be noted that at 3 and 4, just above the bottom of the leg, each half has cut from it a segmental portion 5-6. In sewing the garment, these outlines 3 and 4 are brought together, thus bringing in the dotted lines 7 and 8 to ositions 9 and 10. This gives me a, satis actory and graceful narrowing at the bottom of the leg without the necessity of plait ing.

The bottom of the leg is then turned inwardly and upwardly and hemmed in "the usual manner. An elastic strip 11, carrying at its outer end a socket 12 is then fastened to the front of each leg by a second socket 13. At the bottom and edge of the other half of the leg .I place a stud 14, and at a distance therefrom somewhat greater than the distance between sockets 12 and 18 I place a second. socket 15. These studs and as are used for'gloves and other garments, or any preferred mode. of fastening may be substituted.

In wearing a pair of knickerbockers provlded with my invention, if the legs of the wearer be unusuallyslim, the socket 13 may be engaged with stud 15, thus giving the trouser leg its manimumicontraction. For one of maximum girth, socket 13 may be en- [gaged with stud 1 1 and at the same time socket 12 may, if desired, be engaged wit-h stud 15, thereby taking up any fullness; or, socket 12 only need be employedand engaged with stud 15, leaving socket 13 and stud 14 disengaged.

Various arrangements have heretofore been employed for accomplishing the results aimed at by my invention. One of the most usual means has been the employment of strap ends at the bottom of the leg, one of said strap ends being provided with a suitable buckle. Such an arrangement is fairly satisfactory when the garment is new, but costly to manufacture; while, after a little wear the strap is very apt to be cut by the buckle, so that it becomes useless.

The means provided by my invention is exceedingly simple, inexpensive and easily applied. There are no parts to cut or chafe and the best adjustment of the garment to the leg may always be had without undue tension.

Modifications of the means shown and described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention which I have embodied in the following claim.

I claim:

In agarment of the character described I having a split leg an elastic strip attached to the leg at one side of said split by a socket, a second socket near the other end of said strip,-a stud ada ted toengage the sockets attached tothe eg adjacent to the sockets maybe the conventional affairs, such other side of said split and a second stud In testimony whereof have herenntc set also adapted to engage the sockets attached my. hand in the presence of two SllbSCIlblIlg to the leg at the same side of the split but witnesses.

'at a distance from the'first stild greater than LOUIS ROBINSON. the distance between the sockets as measured Witnesses:

on the unstretched elastic, substantially as ELMER G. WILLYOUNG,

and for the purpose described. J OHN A. KEHLENBEOK..

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Washington, D. 0. 

